Location: Linlithgow - Boudon Hill, also known as Buden HillType: LegendDate / Time: Still presentFurther Comments: This is one of the locations named as the legendary battlefield of Mount Badon, where Arthur fought one of his most important battles.

General Dalyell

Location: Linlithgow - House of the BinnsType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A one time owner of the building, this seventeenth century commander has been seen on horseback on the estate. He may return to gloat over his constant poker victories, in which he even beat the Devil himself! A phantom monk has also been reported on site.

Mary of Guise

Location: Linlithgow - Linlithgow PalaceType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 1999Further Comments: Accompanied by a slight smell of perfume, this phantom lady in a white dress has on occasion been mistaken for a real person. Mary Queen of Scots is also reported to frequent the chapel, and Margaret Tudor haunts Queen Margaret's Bower.

Water Sprite

Location: Linlithgow - River running through areaType: FairyDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: This malicious little entity is reported to lure the unwary into the water to drown.

Old Man in Blue

Location: Linlithgow - St Michael's churchType: Crisis ManifestationDate / Time: 1513Further Comments: This apparition, wearing blue and holding a staff, appeared before King James IV and warned him he would lose the Battle of Flodden.

Anti-Ship Mine

Location: Livingstone - Woodland, monument now marks areaType: UFODate / Time: 9 November 1979, 10.30hFurther Comments: A forestry worker was attacked by 2 robotic creatures that resembled mines, with six protruding legs. They gave off a smell that knocked him out. Later, when the site was examined by police, they found evidence of a fight, and marks from the robot's 'legs'.

Monk

Location: Luffness - Carmelite Chapel ruinsType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Twentieth centuryFurther Comments: May Jean Campbell Grieve, wife of Nigel Tranter, is said to have encountered this solid-looking phantom monk on a path next to the ruins.

Austin Allegro

Location: M90 west - Just after Forth Road Bridge slip roadType: Unknown Ghost TypeDate / Time: Summer, early evening, 2002Further Comments: A driver overtook an Austin Allegro. As he passed, he noticed the front of the car was damaged, and that an old man in a grey flat cap with an elderly lady were seated within. However, when the driver pulled into the lane in front of them, the car had vanished - there was no where for them to turn off and they hadn't overtaken him.

Monks Cooking

Location: Musselburgh - Old CraighallType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Twentieth centuryFurther Comments: Several shades of religious people have been seen here, including monks, a bishop and a woman in white. The smell of fresh meat being cooked sometimes wafts through the house, even when no one is cooking

Green Lady

Location: Musselburgh - Pinkie HouseType: Crisis ManifestationDate / Time: Before a tragedy in the Drummond familyFurther Comments: This figure, the wife of the first Earl of Dunfermline, only appears to warn the living of encroaching calamities.

Bloody Man

Location: Musselburgh - Unknown private residenceType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 2000sFurther Comments: Several ghosts have appeared in this house, including a man who leaves a blood trail as he moves, a young Victorian girl, and a figure that resembles a devil.

Margaret Heron of Gilmerton

Location: Newbattle - Abbey and surrounding areaType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Taking the form of a grey lady, this phantom is said to be Margaret Heron of Gilmerton, who was murdered along with her secret monk lover by her outraged father.

Aggie McGee

Location: Newtongrange - Scottish Mining MuseumType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: The ghost of a coal sorter has been named as Aggie McGee, while other ghost stories include a headless miner and screams of those who died in the pits.

Tobacco

Location: North Berwick - East Fortune Airfield (museum)Type: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 2000sFurther Comments: The smell of tobacco is said to fill the air in the top hanger, even though no smokers are present. Mild poltergeist activity is reported, and occasionally a phantom man is seen wearing dark coveralls.

Meeting Place

Location: North Berwick - Old KirkType: OtherDate / Time: Still presentFurther Comments: The porch of the Old Kirk is one of the locations where the Devil is said to have met with a group of witches, who later tried to kill King James IV.

White Woman

Location: North Berwick - Private residence, Glenorchy RoadType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Not givenFurther Comments: The staircase of this property is reputedly haunted by a benign white feminine spirit. The house may have been built over the graveyard of a nunnery.

Figure in Ruff

Location: North Berwick - Tantallon CastleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: May 2008 (Wiseman image taken), circa 1978 (earlier image)Further Comments: A photograph released in March 2009 by Richard Wiseman purports to show a ghostly man wearing a ruff. Another photograph was released a few days later, taken thirty years previous, showing another ghostly figure.

White Lady

Location: North Berwick - The Lodge (aka North Berwick House)Type: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A phantom white lady reputedly walks this area, as does a hooded figure said to be a former pageboy who was murdered in London.

Nun

Location: North Berwick - Trainer's BraeType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: The site of a convent, this area is reputed to be home to a ghostly nun.

Location: Pencaitland - Penkaet (or Pencaet, or Pencait) Castle, also known as Fountainhall HouseType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Circa 1950sFurther Comments: The ghost of Charles I is blamed for disrupting the bedding in the room that contains his death mask. John Cockburn, who committed murder here, can be heard dragging the body along various parts of the building. Finally, the castle is also haunted by a beggar, falsely accused of using witchcraft against another former owner.

Young Horseman

Location: Penicuik - General areaType: CurseDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Often heard and sometimes even seen, the horseman is thought to have been a young lad who stole a horse from his master to speed up the journey to meet his secret lover. In his haste, he galloped past the scene of an accident involving a cart - he could have saved the life of the driver, trapped underneath, but lust took priority and the rider left the site without offering assistance. The victim of the accident later died, but managed first to curse the lad who rode on by; hence, the boy's ghost now roams.

Couple

Location: Penicuik - Gladhouse reservoirType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A local legend says that this area is haunted by a loving couple who were murdered in the dim and distant past.

Morag Mackintosh

Location: Pentland Hills - House near Lover's LoupType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: In the nineteenth century Morag Mackintosh is said to have taken her life in the area now known as Lover's Loup after her father expressed disappointment in Morag falling in love with a Napoleonic prisoner of war. Her phantom is said to haunt her former home.